ALDIS, Harry Gidney (1863-1919) CL Edinburgh Philosophical Institution 1887; Secretary, Cambridge University Library 1899-1919 Prior to his first library appointment he had been apprenticed to a printer and was then employed for three years by an Edinburgh publisher. He became an eminent bibliographer and authority on the history of printing. Notable among his publications are A list of books printed in Scotland before 1700 (1904) and the small standard work The printed book (1916, revised edition by John Carter and Brooke Crutchley, 1947).
CL Edinburgh Philosophical Institution 1887; Secretary, Cambridge University Library 1899-1919
Prior to his first library appointment he had been apprenticed to a printer and was then employed for three years by an Edinburgh publisher. He became an eminent bibliographer and authority on the history of printing. Notable among his publications are A list of books printed in Scotland before 1700 (1904) and the small standard work The printed book (1916, revised edition by John Carter and Brooke Crutchley, 1947).